Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1900/08/18 | The services at the funeral of the late Collis P Huntington, at the Fifth avenue residence today, marked with simplicity, are conducted by Rev A Woodruff Halsey, of the Presbyterian Board of Missions, in the drawing room. | Tiffany and Co Flagship Store, New York City |
1900/08/18 | Russell Sage, Senator T C Piatt, Henry Clews, John H Smith, president of the Virginia Manual Training school at Broadneck Farm and Horace See, chief engineer of the Newport News shipyard attend Huntington's funeral service. | |
1900/08/18 | J Edward Simmone, President of the Fourth National bank, and Mrs Wm E Wilmording attend the funeral service for C P Huntington. | |
1900/08/18 | Mourners include D A Chambers of Washington, Dr and Mrs Clinton Catherwood, Wm Hood, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific company, James Stillman, president of the National City bank and Wm H Baldwin Jr, president of the Long Island railway. | |
1900/08/18 | Emil W Wiedenfeld, S P Kneeland, Wm E Dodge, G C Ward, E H Harrlman, Rev Dr Alexander McMillan, Maxwell Everet, John Searlea, W M Salamon of the B and O RR, Philip Thompson of Washington and E E Canda attend service for C P Huntington. | |
1900/08/18 | Attendees include John T Van Sickle of the Morgan Steamship line, artist J Frank Lathrop, John Boyd of Washington, President Dimock of the Metropolitan Steamship line, President Allen of the Cromwell Steamship line and Geo Howes of the Union Pacific. | |
1900/08/18 | Booker T Washington attends Huntington's funeral along with J R Frizzell, president of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va, A F Walker, chairman of the board of directors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, W W Durant and Gen Samuel T Thomas. | |
1900/08/18 | D O Mills, Edward King, Frederick P Olcott, Edwin Hawley, Chas H Tweed, Martin Erdmann, R P Schwerln and C Adloph Low serve as pall bearers at the funeral for C P Huntington. | |
1900/08/18 | A half a dozen carriages follow Huntington's hearse down Fifth avenue toward Grand Central station, thence to be taken to Woodlawn Cemetery. | |
1900/08/18 | Piers 25, 37 and 38, North river, which are used by the Morgan line and the Southern Pacific company, were draped in memory of Mr Huntington. | |
1900/08/18 | A special train, consisting of two cars with Huntington's immediate family and his most intimate friends, leaves Grand Central station a few minutes after noon in charge of Assistant Superintendent Van Tassel. | Grand Central Terminal, New York City |
1900/08/18 | The burial is strictly private, only the immediate family and its most intimate friends of the late Mr Huntington are at his interment in the Huntington mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. | Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City |
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